House stoned, councillor, son behind event underground

Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, October 20 

Local councillor Vijay Madan and her son Sourabh Madan Mithu, the main organisers of the Dasehra celebration in Amritsar, have gone underground with other family members. Their residence was attacked with stones by an angry mob late Friday night after the train tragedy, the police said.

Vijay Madan is the councillor from Ward no. 29 that falls under the Amritsar East Assembly constituency. 

Mithu Madan had shot into limelight when he interrupted an anti-encroachment drive and managed the transfer of Estate Officer MC Sushant Bhatia on August 26.

He started his career with Youth Congress leader Dinesh Bassi. Owing to his proximity to Cabinet Minister OP Soni and MLA Raja Warring, he succeeded in getting a post in the Youth Congress. 

When Navjot Sidhu joined the Congress, he drew close to him and his family. Recently, sources had claimed he was behind the attack on veteran Congress Councillor Jeet Bhatia. It is believed it was because of his proximity with the Sidhus that he was not named in the FIR.